# Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome (CXH / CYHC)

**Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome** (IATA: CXH, ICAO: CYHC) is a seaplane base in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Harbour Air. In 2016 it handled 258 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CXH / CYHC
- Type: Seaplane base
- Operator: Harbour Air
- Serves: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 0 m / 0 ft
- Coordinates: 49.2907, -123.1185
- Passengers: 258,028 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: https://vhfc.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Harbour_Flight_Centre (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912738
- Weather station: CWHC · WMO 71201
- Ident: CYHC

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 374,483 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 340,179 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 312,418 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 299,083 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 276,849 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 256,025 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 247,739 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 252,143 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 258,028 | Wikidata |

## Routes

10 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 12 km / 7.5 mi · Helijet
- [YGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cax6.md) Ganges Seaplane Base · Canada · 56 km / 35 mi · Harbour Air, Salt Spring Air
- [YBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cab3.md) Bedwell Harbour Seaplane Base · Canada · 61 km / 38 mi · Harbour Air, Salt Spring Air
- [ZNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cac8.md) Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome · Canada · 61 km / 38 mi · Harbour Air, Helijet, Seair Seaplanes
- [YWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cae5.md) Whistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome · Canada · 96 km / 60 mi · Harbour Air
- [YWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywh.md) Victoria Harbour Seaplane Base · Canada · 98 km / 61 mi · Harbour Air, Helijet, Salt Spring Air, Seair Seaplanes
- [WPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/caq8.md) Powell Lake Seaplane Base · Canada · 122 km / 76 mi · Harbour Air
- [CCX6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccx6.md) Comox Seaplane Base · Canada · 138 km / 86 mi · Harbour Air
- [LKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w55.md) Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 194 km / 121 mi · Harbour Air, Kenmore Air
- [YTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cab4.md) Tofino Harbour Seaplane Base · Canada · 203 km / 126 mi · Harbour Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CXH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 9

### Passenger (4)

- JB [Helijet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/helijet) · 3
- [Salt Spring Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salt-spring-air) · 3
- [Seair Seaplanes](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/seair-seaplanes) · 2
- M5 [Kenmore Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenmore-air) · 1

Former hub of [West Coast Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-coast-air).

## Nearby airports

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 12 km / 7.3 mi
- [YDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czbb.md) Boundary Bay Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [CYPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypk.md) Pitt Meadows Regional Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [YLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cynj.md) Langley Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [YXX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxx.md) Abbotsford International Airport · 62 km / 39 mi

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #14

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver_Harbour_Flight_Centre&oldid=1363085193), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc/data